Studio Screen: Strong Island Sunday, December 17, 2017 4:00 PM 7:00 PM Maysles Cinema 343 Lenox Avenue New York, NY, 10027 United States (map) Google Calendar ICS Buy Tickets Facebook Event Yance Ford, 2017, 97 min In the spring of 1992, William Ford Jr. was murdered by a young white mechanic named Mark Reilly. focuses on the emotional consequences of this incident for Ford and his family (the victim was Fords brother) and how this deeply personal story intersects with Americas historic apathy to the destruction of black lives. That's the thing that's going to be tough for people. City, William Ford, Jr., a twenty-four-year-old man, was shot and killed dying day that the grand jury of twenty-three white people did not We depend on your memberships and donations. I'm not necessarily in a state of transformationI'm just being more public about it, which is a semi-uncomfortable place because I'm a private person. Experience 10 years Vice President of Policy & Government Relations Jan 2017 - Present6 years 2 months Boston, MA I lead a team of policy advocates to design and execute strategies at the federal,. Best Picture Nominee Triangle of Sadness Is Now Streaming on Hulu, Stream It Or Skip It: 'Gulmohar' on Hulu, a Hindi Family-Ties Drama Marking the Return of Sharmila Tagore, Steven Spielberg Broke Down in Tears Seeing Paul Dano and Michelle Williams as His Parents in 'The Fabelmans', Is Brendan Frasers The Whale Based on a True Story? Here are home movies, sixteenth-birthday parties or The award was a testament to Yance Fords decision to turn a camera on his family and her, and to tell his brothers story despite its frustrating dead ends. 1,060, This story has been shared 947 times. disrespected by the mechanic when she and Fords girlfriend came by to Strong Island opens up with the mother . 'Mandalorian' Funko Pops up to 77% Off Baby Yoda and More for Season 3, Who Plays the Armorer in 'The Mandalorian'? Strong Island explores the details of the case, the lives of William Ford and the mechanic, nineteen-year-old Mark P. Reilly, Reilly's claim of self-defense . portrayed in black drama as beaten-down old heads pleading with defiant, Ford again went to the auto shop and was killed. His work has appeared in NPR, Vanity Fair, and Playboy. 'Yellowstone' Return Date Info, Savannah Guthrie Rushed Out Of 'Today' After Testing Positive For COVID-19 During Live Broadcast, Where Is Hoda Kotb? by Mark Reilly, a nineteen-year-old auto-body-shop employee. "Strong Island" tells the story of William Ford Jr., a 24-year-old African-American who was shot by Mark Reilly, a white car mechanic, during a dispute over repairs. been shot during a holdup at an A.T.M., and it was William Ford, Yance Ford, who is transgender, is a recipient of the Creative Capital Award, a MacDowell Colony Fellowship, a Sundance Documentary Film Program Fellowship, and was among Filmmaker Magazines 25 New Faces of Independent Film in 2011. For ten years Ford was privileged to work as Series Producer for the PBS showcase POV and where his curatorial work helped garner more than 16 Emmy nominations. In April 1992, on Long Island NY, William Ford Jr., a black 24 year-old teacher, was killed by Mark Reilly, a white 19 year-old mechanic. According to them, no crime had been committed. Fords death, as his grieving mother puts it, was in vain., Twenty-five years later, filmmaker Yance Ford has revisited the details of his older brothers death in a challenging, emotionally stinging documentary. With the emotional adventure of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever closing out the controversial fourth, Minor spoilers ahead. Anyone can read what you share. Yance reconstructs the story in his own words, and in interviews with his . When I say, "How do you measure the distance of reasonable fear?," it's a real question. We're a long way from there. Strong Island is so quiet, so dignifiedif that is not too Booker T. grade, in South Carolina, to go to work stripping tobacco. And The elderly Jewish women in Brooklyn There's a tenor and a tone that's creeping into a permanence, and I'm really hopeful that it doesn't. We get the feeling that parts of them retreated motorman, working the It was like all the sound had left the world., It calls to mind a line in Men We Reaped, Jesmyn Wards memoir of the violent, premature deaths of five young black men she knew and loved. The subsequent police investigation ended at the grand jury phase, after said grand jury declined to press charges against Reilly. night shift. , is the director of the new Netflix documentary "Strong Island," which examines not just the murder but its aftermath including the failure of the criminal justice system and its effects on Ford's family.. Yance Ford was a 19-year-old art student when his brother was killed. Get our latest storiesin the feed of your favorite networks. He was shot in the chest with a rifle by In 1992, an unarmed 24-year-old Long Island man named William Ford, Jr., was shot and killed during a dispute with a 19-year-old auto mechanic named Mark Reilly. The film is a form of justice. When the prosecutor brought forth the evidence against Reilly, a grand jury comprised of 23 white people failed to indict. Respectful attention must be paid, because grief is in the room. These Celebrities, Where Are They Now: 15 Of Your Favorite Celebs From 15 Years Ago. 793, This story has been shared 758 times. sense of the experience of watching Strong Island, in which the visual It would be an insult to This is about that: who William was, a reclamation of his identity and character. In Yance Fords powerful, disturbing, and very personal documentary, Send us a tip using our annonymous form. trying to establish what happened the night that William Ford, Jr., was Strong Island asks what one can do when the grief of loss is entwined with historical injustice, and how one grapples with the complicity of silence, which can bind a family in an imitation of life, and a nation with a false sense of justice., Says Ford: Because Netflix is a global platform, Strong Island will be seen by communities around the world who are dealing with the issues that are unpacked on screen. Reilly had been recruited by Thomas Datre who ran an auto repair garage called Super Stang within five blocks of Yance's house. The people in my life, who have been with me in my darkest timesmy partner of 21 years, my siblingshave always seen me for who I am, even if I didn't have the language for my gender identity. As the Fords made their way in New York, Yance makes sure the audience doesnt lose sight of the kinds of poverty and injustices they issued even from the comparably evolved northeast of the country. All rights reserved. before, and a deal was struck whereby the auto shop would fix the damage As the title of the film indicates, the events of the film take place on Long Island, New York, where in April of 1992, William Ford Jr., a black 24 year-old teacher, was killed by Mark Reilly, a . What have been the most intriguing responses you've heard from audiences? protective her brother was, and that she was the first person to tell testimony of black parents concerning the talk they must have with their On Sept. 15, Netflix dropped new documentary Strong Island, . Those are I did William a There's an immediacy to Yance Ford's chilling investigation "Strong Island" that runs the spectrum from bracing to uncomfortable. "I was like, 'What's a synonym for journey, goddamn it? She was implying that the way that the grand jury process and investigation had been handled was problematic. You know what it means to live a life where you have to map the airports that have family bathrooms so you can go into a restroom and not feel either endangered because people can be violent if they think that you're a short gay manor if women in the ladies room think that you're a man in the women's room and call the cops? Utilizing a creative mixture of traditional and non-traditional documentary approaches, Ford also investigates what really happened the night his brother died, a question that is foregrounded as significant for personal reasons yet ultimately not the entire point. That story is handed from person to person, tied together The entire feature is a personal journey for the filmmaker, who has had to endure years of pain because of their brother's death, which has received no justice at all despite the seemingly obvious murder. Signup for Breaking News Alerts & Newsletters. was herself a girl when she taught her own mother to read and write. 1,797, This story has been shared 1,393 times. How Playwright Sam Hunter Processed His Own Trauma, Who Plays Kam Evans on 'Sex/Life' Season 2? Fifty years ago, a Kansas family picked up a hitchhiker on their way to Iowa. The powerful and very personal documentary Strong Island is the story of a black family that could not sustain the blow of racial injustice and fell apart. eighties, Polaroids that have turned into a family archive. her that she was pretty. The body weighs 240 pounds, is 5 feet 8 inches in height, and appears compatible with a reported age of 24 years. Yance aims to reanimate that corpse. Subscribe to Deadline Breaking News Alerts and keep your inbox happy. comfort one another. schools, because, in reality, the public schools werent good enough, Ford was unarmed, Reilly brandished a rifle, and the teenagerwho had an extensive criminal recordtook one shot at Ford, piercing him in the heart. entrance exam to be a corrections officer. Available on: Netflix. 11 Best New Movies on Netflix: March 2023's Freshest Films to Watch, Vanderpump Rules: Tom Sandoval and Ariana Madix Break Up After He Reportedly Cheated With Raquel Leviss, Sex/Life Season 2: Adam Demos Tops His Famous Full Frontal Moment With, Uh, Tip, New Movies on Streaming: 'Magic Mike's Last Dance' + More, 'Next In Fashion' Season 2 on Netflix: Follow the Designers on Instagram, 'Wheel of Fortune' Gets Awkward as Pat Sajak Snaps at Contestant for Grabbing Wheel: "Don't Touch That", Is 'Yellowstone' On Tonight? Although Ford was unarmed, he became the prime suspect in his own murder. return a true bill because her son was a black man. event that becomes a part of story. Movie:Strong Island system fails you? What We Know, The 8 Best Soundbars To Buy In 2023, Per Experts. picked up and brandished a car door, to some laughter in the shop. The house had a stillness unlike anything Ive ever felt in my life, Barbara remembers of the aftermath of her sons death. for not having had that talk with her older son, for telling her A grand jury declined to indict Mr. Reilly, a decision that staggered Mr. Fords loved ones. You don't like being the focus of the conversation. gangsta rap of that time, 1992, the year of William Ford, Jr.,s death. tells a grand jury is crucial. By signing up, you agree to our User Agreement and Privacy Policy & Cookie Statement. Netflix/Strong Island The Fords had moved to Long Island from. Dont talk back; above all, Yance Ford has directed a movie about the death of his brother that distills this kind of frustration into something heartbreaking, but thats what makes it a vital and powerful film. Triangle of Sadness Ending Explained: Does Abigail Kill Yaya? Ford was unarmed. This is also about how the criminal justice system systematically fails people like William, an indictment of the Suffolk County D.A.s failure to indict, and of the wider truth that in this country murder isnt murder if youre a white man who can persuade other white people that your fear of a black man counts as reasonable. Through interviews with Williams mother, Barbara; his sister, Lauren; and his friendsone, a high school classmate named Kevin, was present the night of the shootingYance paints a picture of just how wrong things went. Yance Ford documents not just the murder but the continuing effects of the tragedy and how it tore apart his family. . Come Back in September: A Literary Education on West Sixty-seventh Street, Manhattan. More than twenty years later, the investigating officer on the case inside the courtroom they expected justice. Reilly, who is white, was arrested for manslaughter. In another move that sets, The truth is that the intensity of his surviving relatives emotions is so striking in Yances project that. Are we interrogating reasonable fear enough? When Creed first premiered in 2015, the world had no idea how big it would become; after all, it was just, Rocky Balboas iconic ascent up the steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art out of breath and in gray joggers as Eye of the Tiger blares in the, Spoilers ahead. 1,393, This story has been shared 1,173 times. 2,623, This story has been shared 2,555 times. if they didnt file a police report. It draws a line around your life, she says. own brother, a black teacher, William Ford, Jr., who grew up in the Yance Ford was motivated to make Strong Island after being unhappy with the way the murder was handled by authorities. Ford and Reilly were never alone in the shop; Ford was by phone calls in the middle of the night, every night; nevertheless, Sam Fragoso is the host of Talk Easy, a weekly podcast of conversations with filmmakers, writers, musicians, journalists, and, once, his mother. On April 7, 1992, in Central Islip, a Long Island suburb of New York City, William Ford, Jr., a twenty-four-year-old man, was shot and killed by Mark Reilly, a nineteen-year-old. Sr., loved New York City, implicit in that is their escape from the to speak of it, even to the self. to indict Reilly for manslaughter, accepting the district attorneys Yances shattered reaction to this that the phone call he had already felt years and years of guilt about was indeed to blame for his brother being denied justice is something you wont soon forget. Strong Island, a documentary chronicling the 1992 murder of first-time filmmaker Yance Ford's brother, William Ford Jr., and the effect it had on him and his family, incorporates the dynamics of a police-like procedural and gut-wrenching, upfront, self- confession. In all its glory, Strong Island is as intimate as documentaries get. His murderer was escorted from the crime scene without handcuffs and never prosecuted. I'm afraid that we're going to move backward to a time when we've embraced a punishment mentality to solve everythingnot just crime but everything. narrative, put together with subtlety and refinement, unfolds from the children to judge people by their character, not by the color of their The children The 1967 film Guess Whos Coming to Dinner starred Sidney Poitier and Katharine Houghton as a ne, Tessa Thompson Talks Going To Couples Therapy With Michael B. Jordan. As a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles to give each month. It's going to change over timeit's going to be different things on different daysbut these families are going to need support. I don't know if we'll see it in my lifetime, that's for sure. Outside of the courtroom, they were the targets of intimidation by an In April 1992, black 24-year-old teacher William Ford Jr. was gunned down by Mark Reilly, a white 19 year-old mechanic. Mark Reilly, a young white man. Yance Fords grandmother had been forced to leave school in the fourth Im not going to do that., That slam-the-door-in-your-face attitude characterized much of the investigation into Williams death. A white assistant district attorney in Brooklyn had This site is protected by reCAPTCHA Enterprise and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. . 2,297, This story has been shared 2,248 times. 2,248, This story has been shared 2,204 times. To Tell the Story That Tells the Trial: Ulises de la Orden on El juicio. Sing, Unburied, Sing is shadowed by the long aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Told in a straightforward manner with formal interviews, Strong Island explores the details of the case, the lives of William Ford and the mechanic, nineteen-year-old Mark P. Reilly, Reillys claim of self-defense, and why the Suffolk County, New York grand jury, who were all-white, decided to not indict Reilly for the crime, are covered step-by-step in dramatic detail. passing on of necessary survival techniques. As the documentary 2023 Cond Nast. The film also functions as a memoir of sorts, exploring the long history of racism in America by centering on Yance Fords working-class Black family. . Fords mother, Barbara The family understood that what a D.A. assured Yance Ford, the director of Strong Island, that he had left no stone unturned at the time; it was just an unfortunate thing.. unfamiliar car that often parked across the street from their house, and not armed, but during the first confrontation at the business he had Is 'Operation Fortune' Streaming on HBO Max or Netflix? Daniel Hart 1. Have we accepted fear as a rationale for homicide when it's actually supposed to be reasonable fear? Yance Ford, Williams younger brother, paints a portrait of not only a grave injustice but of a family broken. story itself. Im also not willing to accept that someone else gets to say who William was.. Yance interviews his mother, sister, and Williams friends, all of whom are compelling narrators in their own way, but he also turns the camera on herself, and these are the scenes that are most devastating. Mr. Ford had gone there after a dispute. brought up to believe that our principal job in life was to love each In April 1992 on Long Island, New York, 24-year-old black teacher William Ford Jr. was killed by Mark Reilly, a white 19-year-old mechanic. I became very angry with myself because at one point I began to cry. 758, This story has been shared 673 times. autopsy report. Dunmore Ford died during the making of the documentary, an That includes himself. His tow truck had hit them two months Twenty-four-year-old teacher William Ford was shot and killed after having an altercation with a white mechanic, and the killer was never charged. When do you think the punishing stops? Documentary chronicling how an investigation into a young black man's murder in 1992 turned into a personal journey for the brother of the victim. My father just believed in my Although Ford was unarmed, he became the prime. Not the white-hot rage that explodes off the screen or even the crusading anger that can sometimes galvanize groups of people. The ruin that Williams death has caused is written all over Yances face, which is a map of regret, frustration, and impotent rage. I hope now that the film's on Netflix, people will stop looking to me for their questions and start asking themselves questions. Its my hope that this film will offer some a way to make sense of their own experience, and others a new way of seeing. Review: Strong Island Explores a Killing and Its Aftermath, https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/14/movies/strong-island-review.html, Barbara Dunmore Ford, the mother of William Ford Jr., in an old family photo, as seen in the documentary Strong Island.. The latest fashion news, beauty coverage, celebrity style, fashion week updates, culture reviews, and videos on Vogue.com. The generational exchange that was once He was shot dead by Mark Reilly, a young white mechanic. There's not a rhetorical question in the film. We've talked about fearhow it can often propel us forward and move us backward. Strong Island, a documentary chronicling the 1992 murder of first-time filmmaker Yance Ford's brother, William Ford Jr., and the effect it had on him and his family, incorporates the dynamics of a police-like procedural and gut-wrenching, upfront, self- confession. real-estate developers in Central Islip were looking for black I'm not gonna use that word again!'". He was the kind of man who kept a journal about his goals, who wrote poetry, who had angst about his future. the blow of racial injustice and fell apart. Ford is also an architectural welder, and while at Modern Art Foundry he helped assemble the sculpture "Maman" by Louise Bourgeoisthe series of three spiders exhibited at Rockefeller Center, and now on permanent display at the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain. Would she go through some of the questions that have been plaguing me for the past 22 years? asks Yance. It creaks under the weight of the anguish it bears. Netflix has acquired worldwide rights to Strong Island, Yance Fords documentary that premiered at Sundance and is set to screen Sunday at New Yorks New Directors/New Films fest. You're going to be punished for wanting to serve as a transgender [person], for wanting to have equal treatment if you're queer, if you want equal pay if you're a woman.

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